French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channe...
SANGATTE, France/SAINT MARGARET’S BAY, Britain - French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.
Flanked by three helicopters, he reached Britain after a stop on a boat halfway through the 35-km crossing to refuel, waving to onlookers before landing safely in Saint Margaret’s Bay, close to Dover on Britain’s southern coast. Dozens of people came to cheer on Zapata at take-off and a few residents and tourists gathered to watch the Frenchman land.
The inventor had received a 1.3 million euro grant from the French army in late 2018 to help finance the development of the hoverboard.
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